We're All Seeking Order. We're All Seeking

The Best Crime Novels Are Not About How A Detective Works On A Case; They Are About How A Case Works On A Detective.

Any Writer Would Rather Dig Into Character Than Dig Into Fancy Plots.

She Refused To Accept The Simple Truism That The Better You Were, The Bigger Threat You Were To Those At The Top.

I Would Change Very Little Because I Have Been Very, Very Fortunate. A Lot Of Things Fell Into Place For Me Simply By Happenstance. When That Happens You Don't Really Want To Change Anything, Even If You Could. Editorially My Regrets Are Few And For The Most Part Minor. I Look Back On My First Published Book And Think I Held On To It Too Long, Babied It Too Long.

I Think There'd Be Huge Losses If There Weren't Newspapers. I Know Everything's Shifting To The Internet And Some People Would Say, 'news Is News, What You're Talking About Is A Change Of Consumption, Not The Product That's Out There.' But I Think There Is A Change.